How to Make Othmaliyeh or Basma Dessert

Ingredients

• Half a kilo Othmaliyeh (Basma) vermicelli
• Corn oil for frying
• Fresh qashta (clotted cream)
• Ground pistachios
• Sugar syrup (qatr) or shireh for serving

Method

1. Place half of the dough or Basma vermicelli in a baking pan and press it with the palm of your hand to arrange and compact the vermicelli
2. Immerse the layer in oil
3. Place the pan on the stove and rotate it constantly until the layer turns golden
4. Drain it well from the oil and transfer it to a wide serving plate
5. Repeat the same process in the same pan to obtain a second piece of the same size, but leave the second piece in the pan after draining it well
6. When the vermicelli has cooled well, spread the cold qashta over the first layer and sprinkle a little ground pistachios
7. Very carefully flip the second piece from the pan over the first layer
8. Garnish the top with qashta and pistachios
9. Serve it with sugar syrup (qatr) or shireh
10. Recipe courtesy of a friend and cook on the Sho Tabkhin Al-Youm website
11. Rina Abdullah
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13. To make qashta at home, here is the link: How to prepare qashta (qaymar) — video